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    "content": "Senator elected to represent the county to look at the matters where he/she is elected, that person is not useful to the county. Never mind the funds but even other matters. Sometimes, we get border issues and various things that might come. The Senator of that county must be facilitated to oversight and look around the county where he represents. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are also things which are not necessarily to do with funds oversight per se but they are all related. We end up with situations where you find a project has been funded by the county government and the national Government through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF). We need to facilitate the person who oversights public funds to ensure that public funds we allocate to the counties are used for the intended purpose. There is no any other way other than facilitating the Senator of that county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the list of the Members who have been nominated to serve in this Committee and I believe they are capable of performing their duties. The issue of attendance which has not been cited by other Members; I would also like to join that voice. When we sit in that Committee, let us take time. We have other functions but this is the life of the Senate. Let us be available and attend these meetings so that we can get to the conclusion. As I conclude, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to say that the National Treasury has fully supported this initiative from the beginning. This effort has been going on for the nearly two years. The first time that we interacted with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and the Principal Secretary (PS) for National Treasury, they were supportive. In fact, they have guided us on what needs to be done. Otherwise, how else are we going to oversight funds which the Senate is allocating to the various counties? With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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